Wadden Sea Ark
The Wadden Sea Arche is an exhibition about the natural area of the Wadden Sea in the former Catholic Church of St. Josef in Hörnum (Sylt) .
The exhibition was inaugurated by the Wadden Sea Protection Station in July 2013 after four years of planning and costs of one million euros. Before the exhibition could move into the former church, the Archdiocese of Hamburg had to consent to the profanation of the church, which was blessed in 1962. On February 28, 2008, the local pastor Ulrich Hoppe from the Catholic parish of St. Christophorus in Westerland asked the archbishop to deed it. Only then did the idea of working with the Wadden Sea Protection Station come up.
On around 800 square meters of exhibition space, the exhibition offers a mix of display boards , preparations and “nature you can touch”. The expansive wooden ark is the visible center of the exhibition. It should refer to the diversity of life in the North Sea. Bishop's representative Gothart Magaard , who represented the Ecumenical Foundation for the Preservation of Creation and Sustainability, said at the opening: "We have to learn and understand that the environmental crisis and climate change are also taking place in our immediate vicinity."
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- ↑ http://www.shz.de/nachrichten/lokales/sylter-rundschau/artikeldetails/artikel/stapellauf-der-arche-wattenmeer.html
Coordinates: 54 ° 45 ′ 47.3 " N , 8 ° 17 ′ 11.3" E